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...worthwhile history lesson, Carter might consider the May 1979 Canadian federal election. Incumbent Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau and his Liberal Party had held power since 1968. The strategy of the campaign was to focus attention on Joe Clark, the inexperienced and unimpressive leader of the opposition Conservative Party. Trudeau attacked Clark relentlessly, but neglected to provide a reasonable, positive agenda for the country...
Most Canadians recognized Trudeau's leadership capacity as superior to Clark's. But Clark presented himself as "of the people," pointed at 11 years of Liberal government, and won the race. There was an "Anderson factor" as well--the socialist New Democratic Party split the vote of the left with the Liberals, putting Clark in power through the back door. Nine months later, Canadians tired of Clark--as the United States might grow weary with Reagan after nine months-and reelected a majority Liberal government after Clark ran an anti-Trudeau campaign...
...morning with a dozen Benedictine monks. Carter was the only one of the seven leaders to accept the monks' invitation to share a meal at their 16th century monastery. Relating the experience afterward to a rather incredulous British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, Carter said that the monks had offered a special prayer for him. He added: "I told them that I needed...
Only on one other occasion did resentment surface over the Europeans' unwillingness to take tough steps against the Soviets, and it came from Canada's Prime Minister Trudeau rather than from Carter. During a discussion about putting economic pressure on Moscow, Trudeau angrily declared: "Canada and the U.S. are taking action that hurts [by restricting grain sales to the Soviet Union]. What are you doing that hurts?" His outburst, said a participant, was greeted with "deafening silence...
...oratorical contest at Staples High School in Westport, Conn., called "The Voice of Democracy." But guess who's coming to 8.4 million U.S. homes for breakfast, electronically speaking, for the next three weeks while Today show Hostess Jane Pauley goes off to marry and honeymoon with Cartoonist Garry Trudeau? Hartley, best known for her low-key and highly successful Polaroid camera commercials with James Garner, will handle interviews and other chores as Pauley's standin. "I'm using brain cells I haven't used since college," confesses she. Of more concern to the suburban Los Angeles...